I'm creating a program which takes a document, extracts it, and then moves this into a database. I've done most of this now and I've realised that I haven't made any instances of classes I've made (I ...

For a current project I have created a Console class which wraps up C++'s usual cout, writes output to a file or uses Console::WriteLine depending on the environment. Currently I've setup my code base ...

I am trying to develop my first major MVC application, and as such I am new to doing this on a large scale. I've read as much as I can online and am continuously striving for making my code as clean ...

I know that you cannot override static functions, but for what I'm looking to do, it seems like the logical way to design my class.
I have a method that is associated with my abstract class, that i ...

I'm running into issues with an approach I am taking and am now wondering if I just started down the wrong path and should rethink my approach. Here is what I attempting.
I would like to use an Enum ...

I'm a CS alumni, but we didn't learn much by the way of OOP, or Design Patterns. I've heard the phrase C with iostreams and thought it fitting. Anyway that's besides the point. I am just curious about ...

Context of my question:
I am reading C#.
Trying to understand Static keyword.
I understand that when Static is applied to a member of a class, it can only be modified by the class and not the class ...

This question is about whether to make an inner class in Java static or not. I searched around here and on StackOverflow, but couldn't really find any questions regarding the design implications of ...

Preface: I am working in PHP (Abandon hope all ye who enter here).
Background: There exists a large set of global functions in PHP, a number of which are miscellaneous system calls, like sleep (and ...

I've searched about this here and on StackOverflow and found some differences between the two.
But I'm still not sure in what cases one would prefer a Singleton, and in what cases one would choose to ...

I just wanted to clear up a question I have. What is the point of having a private static method as opposed to a normal method with private visibility?
I would have thought an advantage to having a ...